Police and fire emergency workers were called to the Motorama Motel, 100 W. Eight Mile Road, about 10:25 p.m. Wednesday on a report of an injured man, 50, registered in a room at the motel.

The man was bleeding when public safety workers arrived.

The man and the suspect gave differing accounts of how the man had been injured, police said.
“She claimed he had fallen on some glass and cut himself,” Wilson said. “He said she was angry because he came home late.”

Investigators said they didn’t believe the woman’s story was consistent with the circumstances they found inside the motel room.

Police said they confiscated five kitchen-type knives from the room for testing.

“The suspect has a criminal history and many aliases she has used,” Wilson said. “We found she had a crack pipe on her but no drugs.”

The suspect and the man refer to themselves as husband and wife, but police said they are unsure at this point whether the couple is legally married.

The suspect refused to give police her name at the motel, Wilson said.

Jones asked for a court-appointed lawyer at her arraignment. She is prohibited from having contact with the man or the Motorama Motel.

Jones is scheduled for a pre-exam conference in Ferndale District Court at 1 p.m. Monday.